Drug-price Transparency in Communications (DTC) Act
Latest action · May 13, 2019 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text: CR S2791)
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMay 13, 2019
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Drug-price Transparency in Communications (DTC) Act
This bill provides statutory authority for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services rule titled Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Regulation to Require Drug Pricing Transparency, published on May 10, 2019. The rule requires direct-to-consumer television advertisements for covered drugs and biologics under Medicare and Medicaid to include the list price of a 30-day supply or for a typical course of treatment, if the list price is at least $35 per month. The rule takes effect July 9, 2019.
Cosponsors 9
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 13, 2019 to Jul 30, 2020; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| I-ME | Angus S. King Jr. | Original | May 13, 2019 |
| R-IA | Chuck Grassley | Original | May 13, 2019 |
| R-TN | Lamar Alexander | Original | May 13, 2019 |
| R-IA | Joni Ernst | Jul 18, 2019 | |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | Jul 18, 2019 | |
| R-FL | Rick Scott | Nov 6, 2019 | |
| D-MN | Tina Smith | Nov 6, 2019 | |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Nov 13, 2019 | |
| R-IN | Mike Braun | Jul 30, 2020 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Finance Committee | Referred May 13, 2019 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 13, 2019Introduced in Senate
- May 13, 2019Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text: CR S2791)
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Text printed S2791 | Richard J. Durbin D-IL (text) | May 13, 2019 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 116-71 | FENTANYL ANALOGUES: PRESPECTIVES ON CLASSWIDE SCHEDULING182 pages | Judiciary Committee | Jan 28, 2020 |
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R46741 | Drug Pricing and Intellectual Property: The Legislative Landscape for the 117th Congress | Report | Mar 31, 2021 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend title XI of the Social Security Act to require that direct-to-consumer advertisements for prescription drugs and biological products include truthful and non-misleading pricing information.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Drug-price Transparency in Communications (DTC) Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 13, 2019Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
